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The deep canyons of the arc of the Apulian ravines are a very important natural habitat, guardian of the Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO.
Wine color: white, red, rosé
Alcohol content: 11% – 17.50% depending on typology
Characteristic of: Crispiano, Laterza, Martina Franca, Mottola and part of Castellaneta, Ginosa, Grottaglie, Massafra, Palagianello, Statte (Taranto).
Grape varieties : mainly Verdeca and Chardonnay for the white; mainly Cabernet Sauvignon and Primitivo for red and rosé.
Straddling Puglia and Basilicata, along the arc of the ravines that joins the two regions, there is a land stretching along the coast of the Ionian Sea that contains a variety of climatic micro-zones, and is home to typical products of excellence. From the kilometres of sandy beaches, the landscape then changes to the hills of the Murgia Tarantina, covered by woods interrupted by the deep canyons of the ravines. In 2005 the institution of the Terra delle Gravine Park accelerated the development of this area, where in 2008 the wine was consecrated by the recognition of Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO. All around the vineyards there are olive groves and citrus orchards, large pastures of dairy cattle of great value.
The typologies envisaged by the production regulations are:
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO White requires at least a 50% Chardonnay, which, in this area of dense Mediterranean scrub, reflects the aromas of the territory. It has a more or less intense straw colour, a delicate and pleasant aroma and a dry and fresh taste.
Alcohol Content: 12,00%
The Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Spumante White, like the White, contains at least 50% Chardonnay grapes. In the glass it shows a fine and persistent froth, a more or less intense straw colour, a delicate and fruity aroma and a fresh and dry taste.
Alcohol Content: 11%
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Verdeca requires the use of at least 85% of this grape variety. In the glass it has a more or less intense straw-yellow colour, sometimes with greenish reflections, a well balanced, more or less fruity and characteristic smell, a balanced, typical and persistent taste.
Alcohol Content: 11%
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Red is produced with a minimum of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. In the glass it has a more or less intense ruby red colour, tending towards garnet red with ageing, an intense, characteristic and pleasant aroma, a dry taste, full-bodied, suitably tannic and well balanced.
Alcohol Content: 12,50%
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Superior Red requires a minimum ageing period of 30 months, at least 12 of which in wooden barrels.
It has a more or less intense ruby red colour, tending towards garnet red with ageing, an intense, characteristic and pleasant aroma, a dry taste, full-bodied, rightly tannic and well balanced
Alcohol Content: 13%
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Nouveau is produced with the same blend as the red, that is, a minimum 50% of Cabernet Sauvignon. In the glass the classic characteristics of carbonic maceration with a more or less intense ruby red colour, tending towards violet, an intense, pleasant and characteristic aroma, a well balanced round, fruity and characteristic taste.
Alcohol Content: 12,50%
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Rosé is a caress that combines the breeze of the Ionian Sea with the woods of the Taranto Murgia, produced with a minimum of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon.
In the glass it has a more or less intense rosé colour, a fruity, delicate, pleasant aroma and a fresh, dry, well balanced taste.
Alcoholic Grade: 12,50%
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Primitivo is produced from at least 85% of grapes from this variety. The color is red, tending to purple when young and garnet with aging, the smell is vinous and with a characteristic scent, the taste is vinous, pleasant, full, harmonious, tending to velvety with aging.
At the palate is vinous, pleasant, full, well balanced, tending toward velvety with ageing, sometimes slightly sweet.
Alcohol Content: 13%
The Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Primitivo Superior from 85% of grapes of this variety, is distinguished by a minimum aging of 30 months, of which at least 12 in wooden barrels. In the glass it has a red colour, tending to violet when young and to garnet with ageing, a vinous smell, with a characteristic scent and a vinous taste, pleasant, full-bodied, well balanced, tending to velvety with ageing, sometimes slightly sweet.
Alcohol Content: 13,50%
Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Primitivo Dry Liqueur–like is for the conclusion of the meal, where it is served in the glass with a more or less intense garnet colour, tending to orange with ageing, a characteristic and pleasant aroma, a typical taste, well balanced and full.
Total Alcohol: 17.50%
The Colline Joniche Tarantine PDO Primitivo Natural Liqueur like is a wine to pair with dessert or meditation. It has a more or less intense garnet colour, tending to orange with ageing, a characteristic and pleasant aroma, a typical taste, well balanced, full and sweet.
Total Alcohol: 17.50%
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